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  • Optics
  • Solid State Physics

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  • Van-der-Waals (vdW) deep-ultraviolet (DUV) nonlinear-optical (NLO) materials are crucial for advanced optical applications but are scarce.
  • Existing materials like KBe2BO3F2 (KBBF) demonstrate DUV NLO potential but lack 2D vdW structures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a design principle for realizing vdW DUV NLO materials.
  • To investigate the DUV NLO properties of berborite (Be2BO5H3, BBH) and beryllium metaborate (BeB2O4, BEBO).

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing first-principles calculations to predict and analyze NLO properties.
  • Investigating structural evolution from non-vdW to vdW layered structures.

Main Results:

  • BBH and BEBO exhibit balanced DUV NLO performance.
  • BBH shows strong second harmonic generation (SHG) for 177.3/193.7 nm DUV lasers, comparable to KBBF.
  • BEBO demonstrates excellent DUV SHG capacity with a shorter phase-matching wavelength than KBBF.

Conclusions:

  • The newly discovered vdW materials BBH and BEBO offer promising platforms for DUV NLO applications.
  • These materials could enable the study of DUV NLO effects in both 3D and 2D.
  • Experimental verification is needed to confirm the predicted properties and potential of BBH and BEBO.